Alaska sued in transgender driver's license case

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Alaska sued in transgender driver's license case
Posted on Monday, 07.18.11
By BECKY BOHRER
Associated Press

JUNEAU, Alaska -- The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the state of Alaska on behalf of a transgender woman, alleging that it denied her a driver's license listing her gender as female unless she provided proof that she'd undergone a sex change operation.

The lawsuit, which ACLU said was filed in state court in Anchorage Monday, states that denying the woman a license that accurately reflects her gender identity because she hasn't undergone surgery is unconstitutional.

"No one should have to disclose sensitive personal information or be forced to make major medical decisions in order to get an accurate driver's license," Jeffrey Mittman, executive director of the ACLU of Alaska, said in a news release.

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According to the lawsuit, the woman, a pilot identified only as K.L., has lived her life as a woman for nearly two years. The lawsuit states she officially changed her name and is identified as female on her passport and other documents. It states that she receives hormone therapy and "could not imagine a circumstance in the future in which she would no longer identify as a woman."



Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/07/18/2319963/alaska-sued-in-transgender-drivers.html

[Blue_In_AK]

1. Good.

Sue the crap out of them.

[FreeBillClinton]

2. If there's any question, why not just go with what the person says they are?

Quick, easy, fair. Why do people have to complicate things?

[No Elephants]

4. People correct me on the pronunciation and spelling of my last name, but I have a feeling this is

different, though the "I know better than you" element is in both.

What's the difference, you ask? The Old Testament does not contain two lines about my last name that the Apostle Paul picked up on. Or the early Christian church, depending on how much you believe that entity did to the Bible.

[boppers]

3. Stupid binary culture....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_spirit